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Aurora — A Swedish High Altitude Rocket Project Study

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XIth International Astronautical Congress Stockholm 1960 / XI. Internationaler Astronautischer Kongress / XIe Congrès International D’Astronautique

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Abstract

Project Aurora is a study regarding possible Swedish built sounding research rockets utilizing existing rocket motors originally developed for other purposes. The main elements of the Aurora rockets are one bigger and one smaller long-time burning rocket step and short-time solid propellant booster rockets. By combining, three variants are obtained, namely

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  1. Royal Swedish Air Force Board, Stockholm, Sweden

    Lars Henrik Ågren

  2. SAAB Technical Office, Stockholm, Sweden

    Olle Ljungström

  3. Dept. 1, Research Institute of National Defence, Sundbyberg, Sweden

    Åke Hjertstrand

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  1. Lars Henrik Ågren
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Ågren, L.H., Ljungström, O., Hjertstrand, Å. (1961). Aurora — A Swedish High Altitude Rocket Project Study. In: Hjertstrand, Å. (eds) XIth International Astronautical Congress Stockholm 1960 / XI. Internationaler Astronautischer Kongress / XIe Congrès International D’Astronautique. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-52037-2_5

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